Thursday, 25 June 2015

Nature and wildlife in Disco island

The sea is very calm and
allows the Fram to sail into the sheltered Bay of Qeqertarsuaq.

The weather is nearly
perfect. We can enjoy a sunny sky with some stripes of high icy clouds. These
perfect conditions continue the whole day.

All our activities can
be done under this nice weather conditions.

The Fram set anchor at
8.30 am and soon after the group for a hike to Blæsedalen starts followed by a
smaller group of people interested in a City Walk in Qeqertarsuaq.

After that a group of
21 passengers sat down in two big Polar Circle Boat for an Ice and Whaling
Cruise in the waters around Qeqertarsuaq.

Huge Icebergs most of
them coming from the other side of the Disco Bay originating from the very
active Ilulissat Glacier are stranded in the shallow waters around Disco
Island. Our Polar Circle Boats can go quite close to them and all participants
have the opportunity for a nice iceberg photo.

Luckily also some
whales appear and feed upon small silvery fishes. Hundreds of photos are taken
as the whales coming very close to the boats.

The afternoon group is
lucky as well and encounters the same perfect conditions.

Also the afternoon
hikers to Blæsdalen and the group for the hike to the Basaltic rocks at the
steep cliffs of south east coast of Disco Island profit from the nice sunny
weather and can enjoy the grand scenery of the volcanic rocks together with the
beginning of the blooming of the beautiful tundra flowers.

At 17.30 everybody is
back on board the Fram as we plan to set sail at 18.00 to our next destination
Qasigiannguit. The weather and the situation are favourable to stay longer as
Qasigiannguit is close by. We set sail at 19.00 and when we are outside the Bay
of Qeqertarsuaq we saw again some whales and decide to make another Ice and
Whale Cruising.

The captain sails very
close to the steep cliffs east of Qeqertarsuaq and we can see the suite of
basaltic rocks building up the cliffs. Some of the whales come close to the
ship and we observe them from the outer decks.

The Ice and Whale Cruising comes to an end at 22.00
and we set sail for Qasigiannguit.

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